Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era
Diphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatal complication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented with complete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete hea...
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| author | Mithun J Varghese Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan Shyam S Kothari Akhil Parashar Rajnish Juneja Anita Saxena |
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| description | Diphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatal complication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented with complete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete heart block. Aggressive supportive management including transvenous pacing may result in complete recovery in a significant number of children with diphtheric myocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-193dfed519e44024bedc73baed346f692022-12-21T17:33:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology0974-20692013-01-0161343810.4103/0974-2069.107231Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present eraMithun J VargheseSivasubramanian RamakrishnanShyam S KothariAkhil ParasharRajnish JunejaAnita SaxenaDiphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatal complication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented with complete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete heart block. Aggressive supportive management including transvenous pacing may result in complete recovery in a significant number of children with diphtheric myocarditis.http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2013;volume=6;issue=1;spage=34;epage=38;aulast=VargheseComplete heart blockdiphtheriamyocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Mithun J Varghese Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan Shyam S Kothari Akhil Parashar Rajnish Juneja Anita Saxena Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era Annals of Pediatric Cardiology Complete heart block diphtheria myocarditis |
| title | Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| title_full | Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| title_fullStr | Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| title_short | Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| title_sort | complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era |
| topic | Complete heart block diphtheria myocarditis |
| url | http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2013;volume=6;issue=1;spage=34;epage=38;aulast=Varghese |
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